Wangyu ancient town

Wangyu ancient town

Wangyu township is located in the upper reaches of Zhougong River, 35 km south of Ya'an City, adjacent to Wawushan town of Hongya County. The town is formed because there is a post station on the ancient tea horse road.

brief introduction

Wangyu street was built in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. The main building is located on a huge stone standing on the hillside. It is named because the stone looks like a cat watching the fish in Zhougong river. Although the location of Wangyu ancient town is rising because of the post road, it also reflects the traditional Chinese concept of geomantic omen, that is, "pillow mountain, ring water, face screen" and other elements.

Wangyu is located in a deep mountain and is not well known for its small scale. Like other ancient villages, most of the young people here go out to work, leaving behind only some old people and children. They live leisurely, independent of the world, and seem quiet and serene. There is no bustle of the tea horse road post station in those days, nor the noise of the modern city. It is the combination of the simple folk customs and the old street that has become a highlight of Wangyu.

Ancient town tourism

There are many ancient towns in China, each with its own characteristics. However, there are few such ancient towns as Wangyu town. They still keep their original appearance, which makes those lucky enough to enter "amazing". Wangyu town is located in the upper reaches of Zhougong River, 35 kilometers south of Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, and adjacent to Wawu mountain scenic spot in Hongya County. It is an important post station for the Southern Silk Road and Linqiong Ancient Road (Ancient Tea Horse Road) to enter and leave Chengdu. It is also the origin of Ya'an's famous specialty "Yayu". It was built in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty because there was a post station on the ancient tea horse road. The main building is located on a huge stone standing out from the hillside, which is named after the shape of a cat watching the fish in Zhougong river.

Although the location of Wangyu ancient town is rising because of the post road, it also reflects the traditional Chinese concept of geomantic omen, that is, "pillow mountain, ring water, face screen". Wangyu old street is a long street with a length of more than 200 meters. There are few people on the street. The bluestone road runs through the street, and the road has been polished by the years.

There is a fall in the floor of the houses in Wangyu old street. Some of the doors are equipped with steps. There are holes between the steps and the street surface, forming a drainage system. Ya'an is called "Tianlou" in ancient times. There is a lot of rain in the area. The residence is usually in the form of four heads, also known as "four water return to pool". The four eaves are connected. When it rains, pedestrians walk under the eaves without getting wet. Walking up the hill from the old street, you can see some people's houses on the hillside. Compared with the old street, the courtyard is large-scale, and there are a lot of exquisite wood and stone carvings.

Ancient town scenic spots

Wangyu old street

Wangyu old street is a long, narrow, zigzag street. A blue stone road runs through the whole street. The road surface has been polished by years. Walking on it is reminiscent of the merchants and horse gangs on the ancient tea horse road. On both sides of the street are all green corrugated houses and stilted buildings with wood structure. The exquisite corrugated walls, corners, window lattice and carved flowers on the column cornerstone show the former prosperity. These buildings used to be yamen, Yinzhuang, pawnshop, drugstore, xiulou, hotel, restaurant, tea shop and stage. Now most of them have become residential buildings. In ancient times, there were long stone ladders at both ends of the old street, which could reach the river and connect with the new street. In order to enter the old street, you must climb up to the hillside along the stone stairs, showing the defensive nature of being easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is the need of the ancient market town to defend against mountain bandits. This terrain is easy to defend but hard to attack.

Sky leak

Due to the limitation of terrain, Wangyu old street takes on a long and narrow shape. The buildings are composed of long streets, and most of them use different functions before and after being divided by shops and houses or patio, which has the characteristics of compound type. The door surface of the house is mainly composed of door plate, chute and hinge hole. The floor of the house has a certain height difference, and some doors are also equipped with several stone steps. The steps are connected with the holes with various patterns on the street, forming a complete drainage system. Ya'an was known as "Tianlou" in ancient times. There is a lot of rain in the area. The residence is usually in the form of four heads, also known as "four water return to the pool". The eaves are connected on all sides. When it rains, pedestrians can walk everywhere from under the eaves. Walking up the hill from the old street, we can see that some people's houses are built on the hillside. Compared with the residential buildings in the old street, the courtyard is more grand in scale, and there are a lot of exquisite wood and stone carvings. Wangyu ancient town later became the location of the film "the defendant ShanGangye".

Looking at the fish stone

There is a township in the upper reaches of Zhougong River in Ya'an, named "wangyushi" for short. There is a cat shaped boulder squatting on the Bank of its high bank. It seems that it is gazing at the white Yayu all over the river. "Wangyushi" got its name from this. There is another story about the origin of this place name: according to legend, Zhang Fei, a fierce general of the Shu Dynasty, fought here during the Three Kingdoms period. Seeing that Yayu was foraging all over the river, the river was shining with silver, so he took a moment to look up on a huge stone by the river. "Wangyushi" got its name.

Other attractions

In addition to the old street, Wangyu also has a reception temple, Haizi Xiaotianchi, Yanxigou waterfall, Xiangou waterfall and jiangjunpo reservoir. The reception yard is 5 kilometers away from Wangyu old street. The temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. There are many well preserved and exquisite stone reliefs in the temple. Haizi Xiaotianchi is 500 meters south of jiejieyuan. It is a small stagnant basin surrounded by bamboo and wood, and the water in the middle is sparkling. Yanxigou waterfall is 6 kilometers away from Wangyu elder sister. The waterfall is 20 meters high and 10 meters wide. It is divided into two levels. There is a deep pool and it is very quiet. Xiangou waterfall is 3 kilometers away from Wangyu old street. The waterfall is suspended on the cliff, and the two peaks stand side by side to form a magical water curtain. Jiangjunpo reservoir is just below Wangyu old street. The dam of the reservoir blocks Zhougong River into a 5 km long and 60 m wide lake. The water is blue, and the water reflects the mountains on both sides. There is a peninsula in the lake, which is a good place for people to visit.

Surrounding scenery: Haizi mountain Tianhe Wawu mountain

Surrounding scenic spots

Zhougongshan hot spring

Zhougong mountain hot spring park is located at the foot of Zhougong mountain with beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains and water. Zhougong mountain passes through it, just like a ribbon from the top of the mountain, adding a soft beauty. What tourists are familiar with is not its beautiful scenery, but its hot spring, known as "the first soup of Shu mountain", which is mined more than 3000 meters underground.

Haizi Mountain

Walk 15 minutes from Wangyu ancient town and find a road to the mountain. Up along the mountain, next to the bamboo forest and tea field, listening to the gurgling stream, refreshing. In about 2 hours, I went over the mountain. The valley between the two mountains is the high mountain wetland of Haizi mountain.

Haizi mountain is a provincial nature reserve in Sichuan Province, where large and small granite boulders (gravels) and ice erosion basins (lakes) of different shapes fill your eyes. There are no trees, rivers, even weeds are only occasionally clumped, "wild" like the surface of Mars. These large and small gravels and lakes are the largest and most typical ancient ice cap relic in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and even in the world - "Daocheng ancient ice".

Haizi mountain has not yet been developed. Although it is convenient to enter the mountain, the route is clear, and there are not many ice cracks, it is still quite difficult and dangerous, and tourists need to be prepared.

Wawu mountain

Wawushan National Forest Park is located in Hongya County, Meishan City, on the west edge of Sichuan Basin. It is composed of Wawushan primeval forest adventure area, Yuping artificial forest Sea resort, Bamianshan ancient search area, etc. Wawu mountain, the core scenic spot, is a famous historical and cultural mountain in China, the birthplace of Taoism, the hometown of pigeons in China and the kingdom of rhododendrons in the world. Wawu mountain has a distinct climate throughout the year. In spring, you can see thousands of acres of azaleas, in summer, you can see waterfalls and flowing springs, in autumn, you can enjoy the red leaves, and in winter, you can see the ice and snow in the south.

Travel Tips

Transportation: individual passenger, Chengdu Xinnanmen bus station, take bus No.4 to Ya'an north station, and then take bus No.4 to Ya'an health school station. There is a bus to Wangyu ancient town, which takes 15 minutes. From Ya'an to Chengdu, the latest bus is 18:00, and the terminal is Chengdu Shiyang bus station. If you go back to Xinnanmen bus station, the latest bus is 16:00. From Chengdu, you can drive from Chengdu to Ya'an, about 120 kilometers away; from Ya'an City, you can go about 30 kilometers, pass Zhougong hot spring, and reach Wangyu ancient town by Zhougong River, a tributary of the upper reaches of Qingyi River. To Wangyu ancient town, you have to climb a stone ladder of more than 120 steps, on which there is a pavilion for passers-by to rest.

Accommodation: 1 Wangjianglou Inn, Wangyu town

2 Qingshiban Inn

3 Yang's Yayu farm

Note: Ya'an is a rain city. It often rains. Bring rain gear.

Address: south end of Yucheng District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 103.01424562982

Latitude: 29.751340039332

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